Upper Rissington

8°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 6° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:32

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

131 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 178 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

6 food businesses within 2 miles

• 6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kingham (5.9 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£416,123 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across West Oxfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,305 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £954
• 2 bed £1,208
• 3 bed £1,518

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,543 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Midcounties Co-Operative-Station Road (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

114,236 residents in West Oxfordshire · 160/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,000
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,341
• Net moves+659

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 270 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,567 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (33% of 53,980)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

65 schools · 18,635 pupils

49 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 27 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

58 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Oxfordshire

672 CQC-registered services

• Care homes149
• GP practices107
• Dentists167
• Homecare agencies173
• Hospitals & hospices16

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oxfordshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

315 applications decided

96.5% granted · 304 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Conservative

North Cotswolds

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 17
• LD 19
• Grn 4
• Ref 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£767 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,992 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 56,152 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

62% low-carbon electricity

Wind 35% · Gas 33% · Nuclear 25% · Imports 5%

132 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 83 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Oxfordshire): 66.6 women · 65.4 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GL54

• Winchcombe Medical Centre
• Stow Surgery
• Cotswold Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Cotswolds:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks370 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing327 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills197 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases184 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND182 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Upper Rissington · 0.1 km

  Upper Rissington is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is located about two-and-a-half miles east of Bourton-on-the-Water and is one of the highest villages in the Cots…

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  RAF Little Rissington · 1.1 km

  Royal Air Force Little Rissington or more simply RAF Little Rissington is a Royal Air Force satellite station in Gloucestershire, England. It was once home to the Central Flying School, the Vintage Pair and the Red Ar…

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  Westcote, Gloucestershire · 1.6 km

  Westcote is a civil parish in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Church Westcote, the main settlement and the location of the parish church, is about 4 miles (6 km) south-southeast of St…

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  Little Rissington · 1.7 km

  Little Rissington is a village and civil parish about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) south of Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 280.

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  Church of St Laurence, Wyck Rissington · 2.2 km

  The Anglican Church of St Laurence at Wyck Rissington in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.

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  Great Rissington · 2.6 km

  Great Rissington is a village in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 367.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)